Red Gold & Tarnished Silver: The Fascinating Story of Michigan Copper - Paul Brandes - 2021 Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium from is texas a red state Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 29 min 84 sec
✓ Published: 04-Mar-2022

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The Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan, known worldwide as the Copper Country, holds the largest native copper deposit the world has ever known. Long before the arrival of Europeans in the 17th Century, Native Americans were exploiting the rich copper deposits for tools and ornaments. It was not until 1841 when Douglass Houghton, Michigan’s first state geologist, completed an in-depth report about the vast amounts of native copper that miners, backed by wealthy investors from the East Coast,